Take On Me

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RockAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F#mDiagram coming soon

BDiagram coming soon

C#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Base - Intro: (Bm  E A F#m)   
 
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D|-----------------------------------------------|  
A|2-2-2-4-4-4-2-2-2-4-4-4-2-2-2-4-4-4-2-2-2-4-4-4|  
E|-----------------------------------------------|  
 
Introdução:  
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|-7-7-------------9-9-10-12-10-10-10------------------------------|  
G|-----7-----9-9-9---------------------11------11-11-11-9-9-11-9---|  
D|-------9-9-----------------------------12-12---------------------|  
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|-7-7-------------9-9-10-12-10-10-10------------------------------|  
G|-----7-----9-9-9---------------------11------11-11-11-9----------|  
D|-------9-9-----------------------------12-12---------------------|  
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
     
   
Bm    E  
Talking away  
A               D  
I don't know what I'm to say  
    Bm         E  
I'll say it anyway  
 A               D  
today's another day to find you  
 Bm    E  
Shining away  
 F#m                    D  
I'll be coming for you love O.K.  
 
  
A   E  F#m D  
Take on me (Take on me)  
A   E F#m  D  
Take me on (Take on me)  
A   E  F#m  
I'll be gone  
              (A  E F#m D)  
in a day or two  
 
       Bm       E       A  
So needless to say at odds and ends  
 D           Bm        E  
But I'll be, stumbling away  
  A                   D  
Slowly learning that life is O.K.  
Bm          E  
Say after me  
F#m                      D  
It's so much better to be safe than sorry.  
 
   
A    E   F#m  D   
Take on me (Take on me)  
A   E   F#m D  
Take me on (Take on me)  
A   E  F#m  
I'll be gone  
               (A E F#m D)    
in a day or two  
 
SOLO 
C# / G (2X)  
Bm / E 
 
 
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E|---------------------------| 
B|-7-7-------------9-9-10-12-| 
G|-----7-----9-9-9-----------|    (2X) 
D|-------9-9-----------------|  
A|---------------------------| 
E|---------------------------| 
 
Repete Introdução:  
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|-7-7-------------9-9-10-12-10-10-10------------------------------|  
G|-----7-----9-9-9---------------------11------11-11-11-9-9-11-9---|  
D|-------9-9-----------------------------12-12---------------------|   (3X) 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
  
 
     Bm             E  
Oh things that you say  
      A           D  
Yeah, Is It life or just a play  
     Bm    E  
My worries away  
        A                   D  
You're all the things I've got to remember  
Bm           E  
You're shining away  
F#m                D  
I'll be coming for you anyway so  
 
 
A    E   F#m D  
Take on me (Take on me)  
A   E F#m D  
Take me on (Take on me)  
A   E  F#m  
I'll be gone  
               (A E F#m D)    
in a day or two

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Chord set

Bm · E · A · F#m · D · B · G · C#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.